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In some senses, cloakroom is marked as British, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
cloakroom
/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/
noun 4
Collocations
3VERB + CLOAKROOM
coats, disappeared, go, handed
CLOAKROOM + NOUN
attendant, ticket
PREP.
from, in, into, on
Definitions
noun
1
A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
2
A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
3
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
4
A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out rota by taking an unexpected bath.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a room where coats and other articles can be left temporaril
- coatroom
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Although there was a cloakroom on the ground floor, the Old Rectory had only one bathroom, a defect which necessitated embarrassed, low-voiced enquiries before anyone upset their carefully worked-out
Wiktionary02
I checked my briefcase and umbrella in the cloakroom.
Tatoeba · #25670803
Every theatre has a cloakroom.
Tatoeba · #875821304
Are you going to put your jacket in the cloakroom?
Tatoeba · #891026805
Are you going to leave your jacket in the cloakroom?
Tatoeba · #891026906
Did you get a ticket for our jackets at the cloakroom?
Tatoeba · #8910271Usage Notes
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